EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US20008TEE

Magnitude 3.0 western Texas

Friday, March 17, 2017, 10:03:13 PM Central · 2017-03-18 03:03:13 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake western Texas on March 17, 2017 at 10:03 PM Central, 3.5 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 51 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away and operated by Jetta Operating Company, Inc.; together they hold 248,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 7,755 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.0: ML, reviewed
3.5: km deep · 11,549 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
51: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
721: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4135, -103.4413
County area: Ward County
On a map: Google Maps ↗
Catalog: TexNet earthquake catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Feb 17, 2017, 6:39 AM	2.6	7.8 km	3.0 km
Feb 4, 2017, 10:48 PM	2.4	5.5 km	5.4 km
Jan 25, 2017, 9:46 PM	2.7	9 km	5.0 km
Aug 30, 2017, 3:16 PM	2.2	2.4 km	1.8 km
Sep 29, 2017, 11:16 PM	2.0	9.4 km	5.0 km
Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM	2.5	3.5 km	7.1 km
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM	2.8	7.8 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM	2.9	6.7 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM	2.7	5.8 km	2.9 km
Sep 14, 2018, 3:30 AM	2.6	9.6 km	2.3 km
Oct 26, 2018, 2:31 PM	2.9	9.6 km	5.0 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM	2.6	2.8 km	2.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 2022.

Injection wells within 10 km

RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS

Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 7.76K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Perkins -F- #4W	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000095091	0.2 km	5,000	4,778–4,888
Perkins -F- #2W	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000096240	1 km	10,000	4,700–5,974
Perkins -F- #7	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107858	1 km	14,400	4,815–5,171
Layden C #8	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107854	1.1 km	14,400	4,772–5,171
Layden C #9W	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000095491	1.5 km	5,000	4,779–5,080
Priest -E- #2	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000050930	1.9 km	5,000	4,600–6,150
Worsham -42- #2D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000110501	2.8 km	30,000	6,800–8,550
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	3 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Easy Jet #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000111477	3.5 km	30,000	4,500–7,000
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	3.5 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
Worsham 42 #1D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000100991	3.5 km	20,000	8,020–10,440
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	3.9 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
FM 1450 South SWD #1	Vallee Oil & Gas Company	000111454	3.9 km	25,000	4,700–8,000
Angelo SWD #1	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000112686	4.3 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Angelo SWD #2	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000113277	4.5 km	20,000	4,500–6,500

Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

TexNet catalog event us20008tee, as published by the UT Bureau of Economic Geology and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.

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